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The LPSCC Executive Committee generally meets from 7:30 am to 9:00 am on the first Tuesday of the month - exceptions are noted in bold below. Meetings are held in the room 315 of the Multnomah Building at 501 SE Hawthorne, unless otherwise noted.

Agendas and materials for each meeting are linked below when they become available. Minutes are posted after the Executive Committee has approved them.

Commissioners Shiprack and McKeel gave a status update from the Emergency Population Release Workgroup. LPSCC Public Safety Analyst Matt O'Keef and LPSCC Research Assistant Lauren Brown presented a special analysis of public safety. Commissioner Deborah Kafoury, Join Executive Director Marc Jolin, and Portland Police Captain Sara Westbrook presented the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness.

Most of the meeting was devoted to discussions of (1) the future directions and the scope of work of LPSCC's Youth & Gang Violence Steering Committee and (2) developments at the state legislature regarding justice reinvestment legislation that resulted from the work of the Governor's Commission on Public Safety and the implications of that legislation for Multnomah County.

The agenda for the September meeting featured an update from the Justice Reinvestment Workgroup, an update from Portland Mayor & LPSCC Co-Chair Charlie Hales on public safety related policies in Portland including a presentation from Portland Police Chief Mike Reese on homelessness and public safety, and a presentation from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission and the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis on the local and statewide impacts of House Bill 3194 and prison forecast.

The agenda for the November meeting featured updates from the Court on the implementation of eCourt and the new courthouse. DCJ Director Scott Taylor presented the Multnomah County Community Corrections Plan. Representatives from the Health Department and the Department of Human Services gave an overview of the Affordable Care Act and expected local impact.